Intermezzo | Sally Rooney

little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear

water-balloons

their exes start posting pics on social media

As if his family wasn't embarrassing - or big - enough already

when she has to flee her house

the dazzling Shakespearean actor whose monstrous ego and terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience - the list of stars whose careers burned bright before the Age of Television is extensive and thrillingly varied

It reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them

go to whiskey distilleries

George promises Lennie

but one that belongs to us all

all the way up to the present day - and in doing so

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